'86 VF500F Keihin carburetor photo showing fuel lines

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    Hi All,

    Would anyone happen to have a few detail photos of an '86 set of 49 State VF500F Keihin carburetors (VD31A series) showing the two fuel line connections?

    Many thanks!
     
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    The lines basically go from there to the plastic fuel passage tubes between the carbs. The tubes have t-joints to accept the hose where the 84-85 is just a straight tube between carbs.

    So unlike the 84-85 carbs where the fuel enters at the end of the carb bank the fuel in the 86 enters in a more distributed fashion. Easy to theorize why they made the change, but was there really a problem of the farthest carb on the 84-85's being slightly starved? Who knows...
     

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